Dualism |--d(y)o--əˌlizəm|
noun
1. The division of something conceptually into two opposed or contrasted aspects, or the state of being so divided : a dualism between man and nature.
• Philosophy, a theory or system of thought that regards a domain of reality in terms of two independent principles, esp. mind and matter (Cartesian Dualism). Compare with idealism, materialism, and monism.
• The religious doctrine that the universe contains opposed powers of good and evil, esp. seen as balanced equals.
• In Christian theology, the heresy that in the incarnate Christ there were two coexisting persons, human and divine.
2. The quality or condition of being dual; duality.
ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from dual, on the pattern of French dualisme.
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